Help, slave quick connect is leaking fluid!
10-17-2003, 12:23 PM
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Help, slave quick connect is leaking fluid! OK, maybe I'm missing something, but I'm in the process of converting my 1994 Mazda RX-7 to LS1/T56 power. 
Anyhow, I had to have some custom hydraulics fabbed up to accomodate a Wilwood 7/8" master cylinder, and all that seems to be fine and not leaking at all. But, at the quick connect to the slave, that's a totally different matter.
I seem to have a really small leak at the quick connect/slave interface. Nothing major, but enough to where I don't think I would want to use it in its present condition. It looks like the connect is seated, but there is some play if you wiggle the connect back and forth. I really expected it to be rigid. Any chance that there is a bad O-ring or something that is keeping me from seating the quick connect properly? Any tricks that anyone can offer.
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Anyhow, I had to have some custom hydraulics fabbed up to accomodate a Wilwood 7/8" master cylinder, and all that seems to be fine and not leaking at all. But, at the quick connect to the slave, that's a totally different matter.
I seem to have a really small leak at the quick connect/slave interface. Nothing major, but enough to where I don't think I would want to use it in its present condition. It looks like the connect is seated, but there is some play if you wiggle the connect back and forth. I really expected it to be rigid. Any chance that there is a bad O-ring or something that is keeping me from seating the quick connect properly? Any tricks that anyone can offer.
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10-17-2003, 11:04 PM
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Re: Help, slave quick connect is leaking fluid! Well, after getting the quick connect to disengage I took a look, and for the life of me I can't see anything in there. There's no obvious O-ring to replace.
Anyways, since most people suggest that it's a good idea to upgrade to the 2001+ slave, and GM parts direct has them for $83, I ordered a new one. Hoepfully that will sort out the problem.
As for the master being too much for it, I kind of doubt it. brian Hinson and a few others who have successfully completed the LS1 into the RX-7 swap are all using the same Wilwood master, so if it's good enough for them...well you get the point.
Anyways, since most people suggest that it's a good idea to upgrade to the 2001+ slave, and GM parts direct has them for $83, I ordered a new one. Hoepfully that will sort out the problem.
As for the master being too much for it, I kind of doubt it. brian Hinson and a few others who have successfully completed the LS1 into the RX-7 swap are all using the same Wilwood master, so if it's good enough for them...well you get the point.
10-18-2003, 11:14 PM
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Re: Help, slave quick connect is leaking fluid!
the o ring is on the male end of the line.
I tried placing just your garden variety o-ring on the male, and I couldn't get the male to engage. Is the o-ring a flat fit style? Because the round O-Ring just wasn't cutting it for me.
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Bringing this post back from the DEAD... Drewman and others, did you ever find out what size/kind of oring you needed? I have the exact same problem on my miata ls1 conversion, but can not get the oring from gm or any parts store. They all say they have no listing, and I need a complete master assembly!
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I ended up buying the "male end of the line" from a burn car out of a junkyard and scavenging the o-ring. Cost me $4.
I took pictures of the o-ring measurements with a digital caliper, but the hard drive I was storing them on is now a doorstop. It was an odd size, and I couldn't find a source for them, or I would have stockpiled a handful.
If it were me, I'd try the junkyards. Good luck.
I took pictures of the o-ring measurements with a digital caliper, but the hard drive I was storing them on is now a doorstop. It was an odd size, and I couldn't find a source for them, or I would have stockpiled a handful.
If it were me, I'd try the junkyards. Good luck.
